[WILDCAT NATION]

They’ll take a step back; for how long is TBD. They took a step back in 16 for the first few games of the year from losing 20 something seniors from their ‘15 team that got beat bye LexCath in the 3A semis also.

Their younger groups are loaded. They have a junior (or maybe sophomore class) who are made up of a lot of kids that would start for many out there (especially skill wise).

The current freshman class they say might be the best yet to come of the last few years. They have the potential. Great numbers and they were MS State Champs in their division as 8th graders.

Their 8th graders this year won the regular season conference title; a conference that is made of feeder schools for 6A Meade County, 6A Central Hardin, 6A North Hardin, 4A John Hardin and LaRue County.

E-town is going nowhere. It’s a first class independent school system in a booming county (Hardin) of well over 100K people and growing by the day. It’s the “who’s who” of the area.

They have a new facility that’s by far the nicest on I-65 between Louisville and Bowling Green, and they just so happened to go out and get this Hall of fame (or at least in the future) coach to lead the program.

I’m not saying they are going to turn into a Bowling Green b/c that would be a slap in the face to BG and all they have accomplished, but there are a lot of similarities in E-town & BG (the growing town, the commitment to being the best in all they do, independent school district- yes I know; that doesn’t mean Private). Very similar towns (both still growing; E-town on a little smaller scale but nonetheless) and the similarities of the school systems.

I think E'town will be fine as well but I wonder if they will the 3A next time around. The 2015-2018 alignment numbers had them in the top 3rd of the class in size then. Their population is going up as alot of 3A and 4A schools east of I-75 are declining. Could easily see them in 4A due to that in 2 years.